Tile sign.



F. M. ROSS & 0'. WOLFE.

TILE SIGN. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1908. 91 0,5 Y Patented Jan. 26,1909.

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FREDERICK M. ROSS AND OTTO WOLFF, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNORS TOALHAMBRA TILE COMPANY, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION OF KENTUCKY.

TILE SIGN.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed March 28, 1908. Serial No. 228,806.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK M. Ross and OTTO WOLFF, citizens of theUnited States of America, and residents of Ne ort, county of Campbell,State of Kentucky, ave

' and useful Im rove- Invented certaln new ments in Tile Signs, of whichthe fo owing is a specification. 4

The object of our invention is a tile sign in which the tiles are engaedby a simple, ornate a'nd firm means for olding them in lace. Thisobject is attained by themeans ustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tile sign embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a pers ective view of the frame; the parts belngroken out and brought together to economize s ace. Fig. 3 is aerspective view of the ack, or retaining p ate. Fig. 4 is a transversesectional view through the 'sign anda part of the wallto which the signis attached. y

The frame is made from a strip of metal, A, which has inward flan es, a,which form the front of the frame. U on the opposite edge, strip A hasinturne flanges, a, a, from the part of the strip which forms the topand the bottom of the frame and a 30 flange, a from the'part of thestrip which forms the end, a, of t e frame. The flanges,

a, as well as the flanges, a, a, and a are cut away at intervals, suchas at a, a, to permit the strips being bent at the corners to form arectangular frame. One end of the strip, A, has a tongue, a ,.pro'ectinfrom its rear edge and the other on of t e strip has a ton e, aprojecting from its front edge.

he tiles, B, are rectan ar in shape and have molded in them the ettersor numerals which form the sign. The back or retaining plate, C, is ofthe same width as that between the sides, a, a", in the frame and ispreferably of the length between the end, a, and

the end, a of the frame. Plate, 0, has a line of central perforations.

The operation of assembling the parts is as follows: Strip, A, havingits front and rear flanges bent inward, is'bent at the corners, leavingthe flange, a, standing in alinement with the side, a. The tiles, B, arethen inserted into the ways formed between the inwardly projectingflanges, a, a. and a. The flange, a ,is then bent downward so that theends of the strip contact each other and the tongues, a", a are bentdown ufpon the opposite meeting end, as illustrate in Fig. 1. Theretaining Jplate, C, having been secured to the wall, by screws, (1, theframe is slid into place by passing the loose edges, 0, c of theretaining plate between the flanges, a, and o and the tiles, B, startingfrom the end, a. v

The tongues, a and a oppose any longitudinal or transverse movement ofthe members of the frame relative to each other, as

likewise any forward or backward movement thereof. The edges, 0, c, oftheretaim'ng plate, C, hold the tile firmly against the flanges, a, thetiles completely hiding the retainin plate, 0. Therefore, the sign isfirm an ornate, and the and easily put together.

at we claim is: 1. In a tile sign the combination of a frame formed froma strip of metal having inwardly projecting flanges along each of itsedges, one of the meeting ends of the strlps having a tongue upon oneside and the other meeting end aving a tongue upon the opposite side andeach of said tongues being ent down upon the opposite meeting end ofthestrip and tiles held in the frame between the inturned flanges.

2. In a tile sign the combination of a frame'formed from a strip ofmetal havi inturned flanges along its edges, tiles held 1n parts aresimple the frame between the inturned edges, a

retaining plate, means for securing the retaining plate to a wall, saidmeans being spaced from the edges of the plate, and the edges ofthe-plate engaging the frame between the rear flanges of the frame andthe rear faces of the tiles.

FREDERICK M. ROSS. o'r'ro WOLFF.

. Witnesses: I

WALTER F. MURRAY, Aonns MCCORMAOK.

